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Red Dead Redemption |OT| Whistling Morricone in the desert
- Thread starter Goldrusher
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Ok so after more than a week of being stuck in hospital with no xbox and no internet I manage to get home and finally start playing RDR.
It takes just aver an hour before the game turns brilliant. How? One simple thing. I take out a sniper to hear..... THE WILHELM SCREAM :lol
God yes.
I LOVE THIS GAME.
It takes just aver an hour before the game turns brilliant. How? One simple thing. I take out a sniper to hear..... THE WILHELM SCREAM :lol
God yes.
I LOVE THIS GAME.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Patrick Bateman said:I just don't understand duels.. I have Dead Eye level 3, but stuff like shooting people straight in the face or shooting off their guns or hats just doesn't work. I just mark them full with crosses like a mad man and shoot them..
But still sometimes it all doesn't work and I get killed, but I don't know why.
Okay.
LabouredSubterfuge's duelling masterclass:
1. The overall objective is to have the right hand bar more full than your opponent's.
2. As soon as it says 'DRAW' either use LT or use the right stick (i.e. press down).
3. Now use the targeting reticule to aim at the places you want to hit. IMPORTANT NOTE: Some parts of the body fill up the right hand bar more than others e.g. the head.
4. SUPER IMPORTANT BIT: The reticule pulsates with an 'X' shape. It is absolutely vital you use the RT to tag your opponent with crosses when they're WHITE.
5. Doing so will fill up the right hand bar far quicker and fuller than your opponent's and you will win. If you fill up the right hand bar completely you will not lose. You can sit back and enjoy the show!
6. Don't take drugs.
Good post, it took me ages to figure out. The lack of instruction in the mechanics of the minigames/techniques/whatever is a bit of problem I think. The gambling games were fine, but I didn't seem to get the instruction to hold onto L2 when lassoing to keep the rope on them, so for an hour I was wondering how the hell I was supposed to get on a wild horse! :lolLabouredSubterfuge said:
Still enjoying the game, but there are a bunch of little things I wish they had done differently. But as I said before, a vast improvement on GTA IV.
I do wish Jack had a different VA, I have had to start a new game since I just can't stand playing with him and all my saves were after you can't change outfits anymore. His voice just gets on my nerves!
BaronLundi
Member
Patrick Bateman said:I just don't understand duels.. I have Dead Eye level 3, but stuff like shooting people straight in the face or shooting off their guns or hats just doesn't work. I just mark them full with crosses like a mad man and shoot them..
But still sometimes it all doesn't work and I get killed, but I don't know why.
Are you making sure the crosses are white and not red when you fire/paint ? That's how you fill the blue bar which ensures a win. If you're mashing, even while aiming at the head, you'll probably end up losing.
Edit : beaten by a more comprehensive explanation.
Joel Was Right
Gold Member
Just to confirm, you are able to continue roaming and doing side missions after you complete the main story right? Because I accidentally clicked on a spoiler video yesterday which led me to believe otherwise
timetokill
Banned
timetokill said:Just finished the game. Loved the ending. I'm really surprised at how much Rockstar put into the end of the game... really the beginning and end of the game is incredible. The only part that dragged for me was the.latter half of Mexico
Ending thoughts/spoilers:So sad that John died. It was a great move, and I could feel it coming, but somehow I expected Rockstar to avoid it. But like a true western they pulled it off. Story-wise it absolutely had to happen. Letting you play as Jack and get "redemption" was great. I should've known it would be a final duel though... I wanted to hogtie Ross and take him to his dead wife, and then drown him in the lake :lol
Lastly -- I felt so bad for Bonnie! I liked her a lot and wanted John to be with her. Guess it wasn't meant to be. But I wish there was more with her in it... one of the better characters in the game and one that I actually cared about -- the noose mission with her had me in a real hurry to free her.
On the characters: I agree that Rockstar needs to find a way to balance more of their characters. I thought a lot of the characters at the end were awesome --. But it really just seems so unlikely for John to bother with chumps likethe lawmen Ross and Fordham, and I really liked Dutch, Jack and Abigail, etc.They feel like "GTA" characters almost...West Dickens, and Seth.
And that really leads me to my last thought for now. This game is really leagues ahead of GTA in pretty much every aspect. With each GTA game I end up getting sucked into the hype and finding myself trudging through a joyless game, where finishing it becomes a chore. Not so with RDR. I wanted more, more -- and when the end came, it felt right.
I hope they give us some nice expansions for the game, but leave any sequels until the next generation of consoles. Spend a good long time on the followup, because it's going to be one of my most anticipated purchases
Oh, and to add to this -- re: the ending -- are you able to
disarm Ross at the end and then do as you please
end title stuff
ACESandEIGHTS
Member
"You'll have to excuse me -- I forgotm0ngo said:
I have an appointment with planet earth
Interfectum
Member
are there any missable achievements?
Joel Was Right
Gold Member
LabouredSubterfuge said:
You don't have to draw when it says so. Waiting till the person actually has their hand on the weapon will actually make you more accurate
rasberryjam
Member
Yep.Interfectum said:
Spurred to Victory - Complete 20 story missions without switching to a new horse at a hitching post.
Calavera520
Member
It's fun to induce duels by cheating in poker, shoot off the opponent's hat and disarm him. then when the duel is over push him over, whistle for your horse, mount it, lasso him while he's still on the ground and drag him over to a cliff and swing him off into the valley below.
rasberryjam
Member
You need to earn it. It's unlocked as you completeDarklord said:
hunter challenges
Not sure if that's a huge spoiler, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
Started this one yesterday and yep, awesome game so far, great fun on all accounts. I have a friend playing it right now too and we'll most likely laugh together at our probably different approach to missions.
. :lol
I did some random things but storywise I played to the part where you drive the stagecoach with a
. I know it's supposed to make the shooting easier but I still found it a bit weird that the stagecoach drove by itself perfectly on-rails if I kept the aim button pressed. Even if no one was attacking I just didn't bother to release LT after I noticed that.
Like I'm fairly sure he killed the dude who sells you the land for $200 while I paid for it and got the money back from the dowsing rod guy
I did some random things but storywise I played to the part where you drive the stagecoach with a
wounded Nigel West Dickens (it's hilarious when he starts welcoming death's embrace)
PuppetMaster
Member
I just beat the game. WOW JUST WOW. Game of the year for me.
I put it over Heavy Rain, ME2, GOW3 all all the other fantastic stuff that already came out this year. It is just that good.
I put it over Heavy Rain, ME2, GOW3 all all the other fantastic stuff that already came out this year. It is just that good.
Shake Appeal
Member
It's not as good as Alan Wake. >_>
Jex
Member
levious said:
True, but I'm thinking off-mission. He declines hookers off-mission, audibly. Yet you can still target innocent civilians and butcher them all day long. I don't hear him complaining about that. He's kind of a twisted psycho in that regard.
Like, off-missions that makes me still think that I'm playing as John, not some random dude. He had standards and morals and shit, he doesn't let you do that shit because he thinks it's wrong.
Yet that illusion is completely broken when he doesn't stop you from shooting up the streets and hogtieing people for fun and profit.
Is there is anything to do after getting 100%? Nothing I would do to mess around in a GTA game really works. 80% of the game is barren desert, so there is nothing to really explore or find. The police are always pistol armed horse riding wimps even with a high bounty and never rifle armed soldiers or Gatling gun wagons.
The Lamonster
Member
That disappointed me too. In GTA you eventually get the US Army with tanks etc...Cobra84 said:
ExtraKr1spy
Banned
Is the Save Eva from Peril stranger mission supposed to end the way it did? Or is there a way to have it end differently.
BTW: For those having trouble with the Treasure Hunts there's an IGN Strategize video on the Inside Xbox section that shows the location for all of them.
BTW: For those having trouble with the Treasure Hunts there's an IGN Strategize video on the Inside Xbox section that shows the location for all of them.
Anerythristic
Member
Taoofberg said:
Glad to see someone in the mindset of getting attached to their in game horse. Its hard to keep them, you have to plan ahead sometimes, I had my blue horse for like 14 hours, it actually ran into a lake. That stung.
I have my wild caught Hungarian Half Bred for like 5 or 6 hours now, it's a good horse.
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
The throwing knives are my new favorite weapon. The mission where you get them is fantastic. I can't wait to do a bounty hunter mission with those.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Cobra84 said:
epically when a sniper rifle zooms in the exact distance but as a bonus shoots
Calavera520
Member
Shake Appeal said:
boo this man.
The Lamonster
Member
Is there a way to do that besides firing shots into the sky/ground etc?uraldix said:
Guy LeDouche
Banned
somebody PLEASE has to gif this scene: (de Santa)
oh god, classic.
de Santa: You don't find Reyes, Reyes finds you.
Marston: Sort of like cholera.
[pause]
*everyone laughs*
Marston: Sort of like cholera.
[pause]
*everyone laughs*
oh god, classic.
Patrick Bateman
Member
Just looked up my stats. 59% completed, played ca. 20h. WTF?
Windom Earle
Member
I feel that the only area this game is inferior to GTAIV is horse riding vs. car driving. Sure, horse controls are great and it's fun for the first few hours, but in the end it just comes down to mashing X. Also the horses (naturally) are all extremely similar. Driving cars in GTA never gets old.
Liar's Dice is fun, but too easy if you find out how the ai works :lol Got the achievement yesterday. I have a question on the "fighting round the world" achievement. What exactly counts as a knockdown? Does the enemy have to die or is it enough to just knock him down?
Liar's Dice is fun, but too easy if you find out how the ai works :lol Got the achievement yesterday. I have a question on the "fighting round the world" achievement. What exactly counts as a knockdown? Does the enemy have to die or is it enough to just knock him down?